Etcetera

Myriad Reality

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I see. Is that what’s troubling you all?

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Is it, now?

@Multifarious

No, Violet is.

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How could there be a signal after so long? Is it just some... sad echo?

@Balance

Look, that's not how phones work. Ask whoever runs the network, but I have no clue what it means.

Myriad Reality

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*Sits down slowly* Then... but...

@Balance

This is dumb.

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Is there something I can do for you?

@Multifarious

That's a great question.

Myriad Reality

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*Breathes in sharply and then deflates* I’m not handling this right at all. All this spontaneity can only go badly. How long has it been since she was... lost?
-Spirit- Two weeks, perhaps. Maybe three or four.

@Balance

...
*Punches another hole in the wall*

Myriad Reality

*Enters the base*

@Multifarious

Oh hey.

Myriad Reality

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*Leans forward and rests my elbows on my knees, thinking*

@Valiance

*Looks forward*

Myriad Reality

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Well... I just don’t know.

@Valiance

Do whatever you want to do.

Myriad Reality

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So maybe I should go back then?...

@Valiance

I'm not suggesting anything.

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-Ruby- Data didn’t answer, but I have a couple of other scientist friends!

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-Ruby- We’ve got to try, since we know she’s out there. I’m sure somebody else could have information. Isaac, if he had the tech? But I can’t contact him. His dad? Who were the other two who came with Violet? Maybe they could help.
- ...
-Ruby- Tell me!

@whizzball1

Don't contact her family.

Myriad Reality

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I... I mean, sure. I guess.

@Valiance

Anyway, it's a weird situation.

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-Ruby- I don’t know! I have no information except the signal exists. And it’s not destroyed like Spirit implied it would be.

@whizzball1

But that doesn't tell us anything useful.

Myriad Reality

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Maybe it has something to do with this storm thing, or somebody else—like Nemid—is scrambling it.

@Balance

Literally what?

Myriad Reality

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Then maybe she’s not Outside!

@Balance

Then how would you interpret that response?